food of the bread and wine can be the beginning of a proper and grateful reverence before all God’s material things—a doorway into seeing all things as demanding reverent attention, even contemplation. Holy Communion changes the way we see things as well as people. It changes how we see the world and, as I have already hinted, it changes how we see one another (as we learn to see our neighbour as God’s guest). It reinforces and sustains the hospitality that believers want to show to those in need,